Name: Afipia carboxidovorans (Meyer et al. 1994) Hördt et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Oligotropha carboxidovorans (ex Meyer and Schlegel 1978) Meyer et al. 1994

Etymology: car.bo.xi.do’vo.rans L. masc. n. carbo, charcoal, carbon; Gr. masc. adj. [ὀξύς] oxys, sour, acid; L. v. voro, devour; N.L. part. adj. carboxidovorans, carbon-acid devouring

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 49405; DM5; DSM 1227; OM5

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FR733697 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 194. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4043-4049.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Oligotropha carboxidovorans (ex Meyer and Schlegel 1978) Meyer et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Parent taxon: Afipia Brenner et al. 1992

Assigned by: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

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Record number: 11076